Growing our own BREAD? | Planting wheat on the homestead — Key Takeaways
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Growing our own BREAD? | Planting wheat on the homestead
Roots and Refuge Farm11mNov 6, 2026
Watch the originalFood-grade organic wheat berries from your pantry can be broadcast as seed, but budget 20 lbs for a 60×50 ft plot — a specialty seed packet covers about one-sixth of that space and costs proportionally too much to be practical.
Key takeaways
Broadcasting wheat required 4x more seed than planned
Broadcasting wheat required 4x more seed than planned
- Calculations assumed drill seeding with 20–40 seeds/sq ft, but broadcast spread requires far more due to lower germination rates
- 20 lbs of seed was used total for a 60x50 ft area instead of the initially estimated small amount
Garden wheat can use bulk food-grade berries as seed
Garden wheat can use bulk food-grade berries as seed
- Organic hard red winter wheat bought from Azure Standard for milling was planted as seed alongside a specialty open-pollinated variety
- Most of the plot was sown with food-store wheat because specialty seed was too expensive to broadcast at scale
A 50x60 ft wheat plot yields only 100–130 lbs of berries
A 50x60 ft wheat plot yields only 100–130 lbs of berries
- Homestead scale requires large space for a family's wheat needs — this entire plot covers roughly one growing season's bread supply
- The family is sacrificing spring garden space for the experiment since wheat occupies the bed until early summer
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In this video
- 1mBroccoli Discovery and Project Introduction
- 1mMotivation and Wheat Varieties
- 3mField Preparation and Yield Expectations
- 4mPlanting Approach and Seeding Rate
- 6mSeed Quantity Underestimation
- 8mSwitching to Bulk Wheat and Completion
- 10mCost Reality Check and Wrap-Up
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